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   garyd  wrote in news:58256baa-8482-4709-8ebb-   
   1c620743b6ef@e28g2000vbd.googlegroups.com:   
      
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   > Actually NBC broke his contract which is what triggered the $30   
   > million penalty pay out. The bottom line is that NBC didn't give Conan   
   > the chance that they gave Leno.   
   >   
   > NBC F'ed up initially by giving Leno the Tonight Show over Dave. NBC   
   > F'ed up by allowing Leno to push Carson. The initial Conan deal in   
   > 2004 was a smart move because Leno's ratings were sliding at the time   
   > and is audience was aging and Conan represented the future. Believe   
   > me, they didn't make that decision without a lot market research. So   
   > now their stuck with an aging Leno and his aging audience who's   
   > ratings are declining at the same rate Conan's did with no one on the   
   > horizon to replace him except for Jimmy Fallon or Carson Daly.   
      
   ...now they're stuck...   
   ...audience whose ratings...   
      
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